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Gibson at the 1990 Air America premiere
Mel Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. Gibson was a part of the Australian film renaissance of the 1970s and 80s, beginning his acting career with a role on TV series The Sullivans, before starring in films, such as: Mad Max (1979). In the late 1980s, he commenced acting in Ameican films, including Lethal Weapon (1987), Braveheart (1995), What Women Want and The Patriot (2000), and Signs (2002).
After establishing a successful career as an actor, Gibson made his directorial debut with the 1993 film The Man Without a Face, which he also produced. The second film directed by Mel Gibson was the 1995, Academy Award-winning Braveheart. In 2004, he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a controversial, yet successful, film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ. In 2006, Gibson directed the film Apocalypto.
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Australian television
Gibson began his career with an appearance on the Australian television series The Sullivans.[1]
Television Year Series Role Notes Ref 1976 The Sullivans Ray Henderson [2] — Cop Shop — [3] 1981 Punishment Rick Monroe [2] Filmography
Gibson's first film role was in the Australian film Summer City. Over more than three decades, films starring, directed, or produced by Mel Gibson have been nominated for and won multiple awards, as well as earning more than $2.5 billion, in the United States alone.[4][5]
Actor Year Film Role Notes 1977 Summer City Scallop 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Baseball Player Uncredited 1979 Mad Max Mad Max Rockatansky 1979 Tim Tim Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1980 The Chain Reaction Bearded mechanic Uncredited 1981 Mad Max 2 Max Rockatansky aka The Road Warrior
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor1981 Gallipoli Frank Dunne Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Guy Hamilton Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1982 Attack Force Z Captain P.G. (Paul) Kelly 1984 Mrs. Soffel Ed Biddle 1984 The River Tom Garvey 1984 The Bounty Fletcher Christian 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max Max Rockatansky 1987 Lethal Weapon Sergeant Martin Riggs 1988 Tequila Sunrise Dale "Mac" McKussic 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 Sergeant Martin Riggs 1990 Hamlet Prince Hamlet 1990 Air America Gene Ryack 1990 Bird on a Wire Rick Jarmin 1992 Forever Young Capt. Daniel McCormick 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Sergeant Martin Riggs MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (with Danny Glover)
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (with Rene Russo)
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1993 The Man Without a Face Justin McLeod 1993 The Chili Con Carne Club Mel 1994 Maverick Bret Maverick 1995 Pocahontas John Smith Voice 1995 Braveheart William Wallace Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1996 Ransom Tom Mullen Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor—Suspense
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1997 FairyTale: A True Story Frances' Father Uncredited 1997 Conspiracy Theory Jerry Fletcher Blockbuster Entertainment Awards—Favorite Actor—Suspense 1997 Fathers' Day Scott the Body Piercer Uncredited 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Sergeant Martin Riggs Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence (with Danny Glover) 1999 Payback Porter 2000 What Women Want Nick Marshall Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2000 The Patriot Benjamin Martin Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor—Drama
People's Choice Awards—Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama[6]
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male2000 Chicken Run Rocky Rhodes Voice 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel Detective Skinner 2002 We Were Soldiers Lt. Col. Hal Moore 2002 Signs Rev. Graham Hess 2003 The Singing Detective Dr. Gibbon 2004 Paparazzi Anger Management Therapy Patient Uncredited 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? Himself 2010 Edge of Darkness Thomas Craven 2011 The Beaver Walter Black 2012 How I Spent My Summer Vacation Director Year Film Notes 1993 The Man Without a Face 1995 Braveheart Academy Award for Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
National Board of Review Special Achievement in Filmmaking
ShoWest Award: Director of the Year[7]
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award2004 The Passion of the Christ Satellite Award for Best Director 2006 Apocalypto Producer Year Film Notes 1992 Forever Young Executive producer—uncredited 1995 Braveheart Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language2000 The Three Stooges Television
Executive producer2001 Invincible Television
Executive producer2003 Family Curse Television
Executive producer2003 The Singing Detective 2004 The Passion of the Christ People's Choice Awards—Favorite Motion Picture Drama 2004 Paparazzi 2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Television
Executive producer2006 Apocalypto Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film2008 Another Day in Paradise Television Screenwriter Year Film Notes 2004 The Passion of the Christ 2006 Apocalypto References
- General
- "Mel Gibson filmography". AllMovie. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mel-gibson-91479/filmography. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- "Mel Gibson filmography". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/91479/Mel-Gibson/filmography. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- "Mel Gibson – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/mel_gibson/. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- "Mel Gibson filmography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019113/filmography. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "Mel Gibson: Action hero gets serious". BBC News. February 25, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3517819.stm. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Mel Gibson's Biography/Filmography". FoxNews.com. August 8, 2006. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207348,00.html. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz, Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 86
- ^ "Mel Gibson Movie Box Office Results – Actor". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=melgibson.htm. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Mel Gibson Movie Box Office Results – Director". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=melgibson.htm. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "People's Choice Awards Nominees & Winners: 2001". PeoplesChoice.com. http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2001. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ DeArmond, Michelle (March 8, 1996). "Travolta, Bullock honored". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996/mar/08/travolta-bullock-honored/. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
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